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Hank: I just realized we need to go and buy the baby an Uncle Andy rocking chair to fall asleep in just like I had in America. Uncle Andy is too far away to buy it and we don’t have that chair anymore, so I want to buy one for the baby.

Pai: How about right now?

Hank: Can we?

Pai: Yup.

Me: (sobbing)

Hank: Mommy?

Me: (sobbing mess)

Hank: Are these happy tears or sad tears?

Pai: I think they are happy tears. Why don’t you go get your mãe (mom) a tissue while I get the car keys.

Hank: Oh. (thinking) That means that Mandy can be like this (gets down on one knee) and say to Amy Davis, “Amy Davis, I love you. You are my person. Will you marry me?” and Amy Davis can say, “YES.” And then they can go fishing.

Me: If Mandy is ready to ask Amy Davis then she may.

Hank: I hope they wait a while to get married so that I can go to their wedding. I will save for the plane ticket. I would wear a nice suit and a tie that is not like this (gestures a bow-tie) but like long like this (gestures a necktie). I love love.

Hank: Mamamamama. Mama, look. I have decided that I am going to make roads in my sketchbook and then make them in Minecraft.

Me: That is a good idea.

Hank: See? This is Rua de Cavaleiros (Knights Street). This is apartments…

Me: Wow, yes. I see.

Hank: This is how I can play Minecraft when I am out of technology time.

Me: Clever and did you know that designing houses and streets is a job. It is what is called being an architect. They draw up the building and use computers to build a model and draft plans.

Hank: I already do that.

Me: There is a Noodle Architect** who you have not met named Leslie and Teresa, mãe de Denis e Carolina (mother of Denis and Carolina) is an architect. An architect is a mix of an artist and a designer.

Hank: I already am an architect! I am going to design another street now. It will be Rua de Alegria (Joy Street) after you! I will make you the prettiest apartment, not too big, with a veranda. The street will have lots of trees and flowers, a nice café and a bookstore that is called Billy Blankenstooth’s book store, but I will need you to help me write Billy Blankenstooth in English.

Me: I am so honored and I cannot wait to see your drawing and then tour my street in Minecraft.

Hank: I am off to work.

Me: Catch you later, Architect.

** A Noodle in Hank’s world is actually a Noggle, close family friends of ours, and Leslie Noggle is a talented architect. Check out her work HERE.